Province deepens mining network capabilities: new funding for Sudbury-based mining network keeps projects on schedule.

AuthorMyers, Ella
PositionMINING

The future of the Ultra Deep Mining Network (UDMN) is on more solid ground with new funding announced in November.

The Sudbury-based Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation's (CEMI) network received $2.5 million in Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) funding.

Michael Gravelle, minister of Northern Development and Mines, made the announcement, Nov. 1, at the Mining Innovation Summit 2016 in Sudbury.

"The world is rapidly changing before our eyes. We need to be prepared to invest," said Gravelle. "Those who stand still will be left behind."

The UDMN is an industry-led research group that works primarily with small and medium-sized enterprises to develop and commercialize technologies that enhance safety, efficiency and sustainability.

Gravelle said networks like the UDMN foster innovation and are crucial to the economic success of the province in an increasingly competitive, and global market.

CEMI president-CEO Douglas Morrison said Jannatec Technologies is one of their biggest members, and illustrates some of the work being done by the UDMN.

The Sudbury-based mining communications company is working on a wearable technology that warns mine workers when large equipment is near. At the moment, a warning goes to the drivers, and ground workers rely on hearing the loud equipment approach.

However, with the growing popularity of quieter, electric and battery-powered equipment...

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